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but if it happens, the have tvi presidential debates between tryst christie and obama, huge. must see tv. there is news he could be the keynote speaker at the republican convention this summer. once again, must see tv. what would chris christie bring to the gop presidential ticket. go to cnn.com/caffertyfile and post a comment on my blog, or go to our post on "the situation room's" facebook page. >> don't go where. >> you know where. >> okay. >> it's a big man. christie is a big man. >> he is a big man. very smart guy. >> he's my governor. i love him. >> we would love to have him join us in the next few days. we've been asking. >> it would give that ticket a heartbeat that it simply doesn't have now. >> thanks very much. it was a choppy day for financial markets, but the dow was down about 25 points. the s&p was up two points. the nasdaq up 22. investors react with uncertainty to yesterday's election results in greece. and even though a pro bailout party came out on top, there could be a lot more uncertainty ahead. let's go live to athens. cnn's richard quest is on the scene
but if it happens, the have tvi presidential debates between tryst christie and obama, huge. must see tv. there is news he could be the keynote speaker at the republican convention this summer. once again, must see tv. what would chris christie bring to the gop presidential ticket. go to cnn.com/caffertyfile and post a comment on my blog, or go to our post on "the situation room's" facebook page. >> don't go where. >> you know where. >> okay. >> it's a big man....
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what do you make -- we reported it yesterday, romney to the obama presidential playbook of 2008. in july this month he's going to go to israel and make a visit to the prime minister of israel. is that significant in a state, let's say florida, where there's a significant jewish population. >> it's significant not just politically. it's significant for all kinds of reasons. the president has been to 30 countries but not israel. this is governor romney's fourth trip. putin's been to israel twice. symbolism is important. we should be supporting their economic liberty, their religious liberty, their political liberty in a region fraught with none of the above and he hasn't been there and has turned his back on beat iing netanyahu. >> on this issue, the president not as president he went in july 2008 when he was running, his decision not to visit israel since becoming president of the united states, it's irritated a lot of israel supporters out there who voted for the president in 2008. >> he should go. he should have gone as president. that's right. but george w. bush should have gon
what do you make -- we reported it yesterday, romney to the obama presidential playbook of 2008. in july this month he's going to go to israel and make a visit to the prime minister of israel. is that significant in a state, let's say florida, where there's a significant jewish population. >> it's significant not just politically. it's significant for all kinds of reasons. the president has been to 30 countries but not israel. this is governor romney's fourth trip. putin's been to israel...
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. >> i don't know about you, but i'm looking forward to that vice presidential debate, paul ryan versus joe biden. >> yeah, yeah, absolutely. >> that will be good as well. candy, thanks very much. >> thanks. >> we're only hours away from president obama's high stakes convention speech here in charlotte. will his challenger be watching? what mitt romney is now saying about that coming up. there are a lot of warning lights and sounds vying for your attention. so we invented a warning you can feel. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with a patented safety alert seat. when there's danger you might not see, you're warned by a pulse in the seat. it's technology you won't find in a mercedes e-class. the all-new cadillac xts has arrived, and it's bringing the future forward. >>> we're back at the democratic national convention. the excitement is really heating up now. but remember, mitt romney, he certainly is part of this whole presidential process as well. he's focusing in as we speak on the presidential debates. there will be three of them in october. he's wrapped up his present
. >> i don't know about you, but i'm looking forward to that vice presidential debate, paul ryan versus joe biden. >> yeah, yeah, absolutely. >> that will be good as well. candy, thanks very much. >> thanks. >> we're only hours away from president obama's high stakes convention speech here in charlotte. will his challenger be watching? what mitt romney is now saying about that coming up. there are a lot of warning lights and sounds vying for your attention. so we...
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election is barack obama. >> reporter: talk about a thoughtful pundit, after painting a bleak picture of president obama's second term, fox commentator dr. charles krauthammer joked. >> as a psychiatrist i will offer to write prescriptions for anybody who needs them now. >> reporter: obama's supporters were ecstatic. cnn cut into some supporters in kenya. trump tweeted "this election is a total sham and travesty. we should have a revolution in this country" which prompted brian williams to launch this zinger. >> donald trump, who has driven well past the last exit to relevance -- >> reporter: the exit for mitt romney was ohio, and after fox news called ohio for obama, the network's own best known commentator objected. >> we've got to be careful about calling things. >> that's awkward. >> once karl rove questioned the call by fox's decision desk, meghan kelly walked back there. >> whoa, careful. >> reporter: live camera in tow. >> keep coming. >> we're quite comfortable with the call in ohio. >> reporter: the anchor was abc's diane sawyer. >> can we have our music, because this is anot
election is barack obama. >> reporter: talk about a thoughtful pundit, after painting a bleak picture of president obama's second term, fox commentator dr. charles krauthammer joked. >> as a psychiatrist i will offer to write prescriptions for anybody who needs them now. >> reporter: obama's supporters were ecstatic. cnn cut into some supporters in kenya. trump tweeted "this election is a total sham and travesty. we should have a revolution in this country" which...
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do the republican governors matter when it comes to this presidential election? >> i think it matters in terms of the infrastructure. i think if there would be a recount in one of these places, as we saw in florida in 2000, who controls the levers of government absolutely matters. but i don't think it matters as much in 2012, because 2012 is not the same electorate as the midterms in 2010. and there is some, sort of a backlash to some of these republican governors' policies, like in ohio, for example. john kasich, not as popular as he would like to be at this point, as mitt romney would like to have him be at the head of the republican party. >> so it's a better question after we get through both conventions. but as we prepare to go to the republican convention, and you look at this map, i'll turn these states back to where we have them in our real math. if you think there's one state where jeff zeleny is going to spend a lot of time in the final days, is there one? >> i don't think there is one. there are several states. i think you have to put virginia up there
do the republican governors matter when it comes to this presidential election? >> i think it matters in terms of the infrastructure. i think if there would be a recount in one of these places, as we saw in florida in 2000, who controls the levers of government absolutely matters. but i don't think it matters as much in 2012, because 2012 is not the same electorate as the midterms in 2010. and there is some, sort of a backlash to some of these republican governors' policies, like in ohio,...
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republicans traditionally in primaries, presidential primaries, they run to the right. then if they wirngs they become the nominee, they head right back to the center. some have described that as an etch-a-sketch moment, if you will. have we been seeing that from romney? >> that's why the 47% was so damaging, that tape. he was effectively writing off half the electorate. not only that, he was writing off people who were for him, say in 2010, who were for the republicans, senior citizens went for republicans in 2010. they're on social security. veterans are on social security. people who pay payroll taxes pay taxes and might get some tax benefits for their kids. he was essentially writing off the very people that he needs to attract right now. and that's why he had to come out in the univision thing and say, this is about the 100%, it's not about the 47%. he doesn't need to narrow his base, he needs to enlarge his base. >> he's got some problems. our poll of polls. this is an average of the major polls, likely voters are out there right now. right now, we have nationally
republicans traditionally in primaries, presidential primaries, they run to the right. then if they wirngs they become the nominee, they head right back to the center. some have described that as an etch-a-sketch moment, if you will. have we been seeing that from romney? >> that's why the 47% was so damaging, that tape. he was effectively writing off half the electorate. not only that, he was writing off people who were for him, say in 2010, who were for the republicans, senior citizens...
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president obama and his vice presidential rival paul ryan each trying to convince the aarp, a leading advocacy group for seniors, that the other isn't telling the truth. and for ryan at times it seemed to be a tough sell. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is fact-checking the candidates. she's joining us now. jessica. >> reporter: hi, wolf. that's right. congressman paul ryan did get booed when he said the romney administration would repeal obama care. that's not entirely surprising because the organization he was speaking to, aarp, came out in support of the president's signature health care plan obama care. we frequently hear president obama say on the trail as he did today, wolf, that if mitt romney is elected president, he would voucherize medicare and that would cost seniors more. so we wanted to take a look at what is true. here's what we found. medicare, the program's future has become a tug of war in the fight for the senior vote. speaking to the aarp friday, the president said mitt romney's plan would. >> turn medicare into a voucher program and essentially t
president obama and his vice presidential rival paul ryan each trying to convince the aarp, a leading advocacy group for seniors, that the other isn't telling the truth. and for ryan at times it seemed to be a tough sell. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is fact-checking the candidates. she's joining us now. jessica. >> reporter: hi, wolf. that's right. congressman paul ryan did get booed when he said the romney administration would repeal obama care. that's not entirely...
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and just over 24 hours to the second presidential debate. for president obama, the stakes could hardly be higher. the slight lead in the polls, he had going into the first debate has evaporated in these days since his lackluster performance. right now, both he and mitt romney, they are preparing intensively for another faceoff, this time at new york's hofstra university. a faceoff that could help decide the white house race. our national political correspondent jim acosta is joining us from boston right now where romney is preparing. what's the latest on romney's preparation? what do we know, jim? >> wolf, dethe bait prep has seemed like seclusion over the last 24 hours. president obama and mitt romney have rarely ventured out into public. it is a reminder of how high the stakes will be tomorrow night. >> i brought some food. >> after joking his debate prep was a drag last time around, president obama assured supporters in a campaign office in virginia he's hitting the books. mitt romney was only seen briefly during his preparations heading
and just over 24 hours to the second presidential debate. for president obama, the stakes could hardly be higher. the slight lead in the polls, he had going into the first debate has evaporated in these days since his lackluster performance. right now, both he and mitt romney, they are preparing intensively for another faceoff, this time at new york's hofstra university. a faceoff that could help decide the white house race. our national political correspondent jim acosta is joining us from...
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some obama and romney look alikes. they're trying to cash in on the campaign excitement while it lasts. >> reporter: imagine the chaos. >> appreciate your vote. >> before i take anymore pictures -- >> reporter: president obama and governor mitt romney together at the cross roads of the world. >> item going to win. >> reporter: picture taking. >> let's bring the cameras over here. >> reporter: baby holding. >> i think he's a democrat, don't you? >> reporter: wait a minute. >> you're all over the map. >> i love big bird. >> nothing against big bird. >> reporter: these aren't the the real candidates. >> good afternoon, how's everything? >> reporter: meet luis ortiz. a dead ringer for president obama. mitt romney, jim goss et, who has multiple presidential personalities. >> i'm hoping it's another bush or clinton. this guy gives me a lot of problems. >> reporter: but the race is tight and these two know campaigning at one of the biggest places on earth is the thing. ♪ >> barack hussein obama. >> the naked cowboy will get
some obama and romney look alikes. they're trying to cash in on the campaign excitement while it lasts. >> reporter: imagine the chaos. >> appreciate your vote. >> before i take anymore pictures -- >> reporter: president obama and governor mitt romney together at the cross roads of the world. >> item going to win. >> reporter: picture taking. >> let's bring the cameras over here. >> reporter: baby holding. >> i think he's a democrat, don't...
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earlier this afternoon the obama campaign put out a strategy memo saying the gop nominee appears to be ready with what they called a pretty good attack line on the president, wolf. >> florida is such an important state for the white house. saraso sarasota, where you are, how is the crowd turnout for romney today? >> reporter: this is a big crowd for mitt romney today. we don't have a crowd estimate just yet. we should get one from the campaign shortly. but last night in miami he had about 3,000 people there as well and it was a loud and boisterous crowd. i talked to ana navarro who we know is a cnn contributor, also a republican strategist, and she noted that even though there has been a sense of malaise surrounding this campaign that republicans have been concerned about what mitt romney said in that hidden camera video that the crowd last night in miami did seem charged and you happen that would be the same case here as well, wolf. >> jim acosta, we'll standby once romney starts speaking we'll check-in hear what he has to say. let's bring in our chief political analyst gloria borger
earlier this afternoon the obama campaign put out a strategy memo saying the gop nominee appears to be ready with what they called a pretty good attack line on the president, wolf. >> florida is such an important state for the white house. saraso sarasota, where you are, how is the crowd turnout for romney today? >> reporter: this is a big crowd for mitt romney today. we don't have a crowd estimate just yet. we should get one from the campaign shortly. but last night in miami he had...
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does he leave that to others and the vice presidential attack dog as they like to say. >> barack obama has to share lumps here at the convention and i know rob made a few references to him and i did as well. i don't think u'll see the entirety of the speech and be focused on barack obama, and i think a big part of it will be what is he going to do to lead the country forward. >> i want to hold on for a moment and keep these pictures up and get himself adjusted and feel comfortable up on the podium as he gets ready to deliver the most important speech of his political career. jack cafferty is also standing by watch of this all of this unfold. jack, you have "the cafferty file" for us. >> it has been a long journey for mitt romney, after six years of running tonight he has what is probably his last best chance to this big an audience to persuade the american people that he ought to be our next president. >> although voters think romney is best equipped to deal with the nation's economy. it been an uphill battle when it comes to human things, connecting on a personal level with these vote
does he leave that to others and the vice presidential attack dog as they like to say. >> barack obama has to share lumps here at the convention and i know rob made a few references to him and i did as well. i don't think u'll see the entirety of the speech and be focused on barack obama, and i think a big part of it will be what is he going to do to lead the country forward. >> i want to hold on for a moment and keep these pictures up and get himself adjusted and feel comfortable...
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we're down to only 20 days until the presidential election. this afternoon president obama and mitt romney, they are squeezing in some campaigning in the all-important swing states before they have to hunker down once again to prepare for their third and final debate monday night. last night's fiery town hall debate is very much on their minds today. our white house correspondent, dan lothian, was with the president at his first stop today in iowa. >> reporter: wolf, even before the president arrived here at cornell college in mt. vernon, iowa, supporters were bragging about the performance one fired up the crowd by saying president obama was passionate reminiscent of the candidate they saw here in iowa in 2008. >> sharp, focused, passionate, knowledgeable, game on. >> reporter: with his sleeves rolled up and his tie loosened, the president strutted on to the stage in a sweltering gym and reminded voters about last night. >> as many of you know, we had our second debate last night. [ cheers and applause ] you know, i'm still trying to figure o
we're down to only 20 days until the presidential election. this afternoon president obama and mitt romney, they are squeezing in some campaigning in the all-important swing states before they have to hunker down once again to prepare for their third and final debate monday night. last night's fiery town hall debate is very much on their minds today. our white house correspondent, dan lothian, was with the president at his first stop today in iowa. >> reporter: wolf, even before the...
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election is barack obama. now obama care is here to stay. sure a single illness won't wipe out your life savings, but at what cost? a lower one. and now you'll have to wait for hours in line for medical care instead of immediately not getting any. >> but this five-minute segment from last night's fox news election coverage taken at the precise moment that their own in-house election return research squad announced that ohio and thus the presidency would be awarded to barack obama, i believe this piece of footage will unlike us live forever. >> do you believe that ohio has been settled? >> no, i don't. look, if we are calling this on the basis of 74% of the vote being in and when 77% is in secretary of state website i got the director of the ohio campaign for romney on the other end of the line refreshing the page every few seconds. >> go on. >> it's going to be a republican victory. this is a historic republican county. their target is 64. they're at 59 with basically the early vote counted. it's going to cont
election is barack obama. now obama care is here to stay. sure a single illness won't wipe out your life savings, but at what cost? a lower one. and now you'll have to wait for hours in line for medical care instead of immediately not getting any. >> but this five-minute segment from last night's fox news election coverage taken at the precise moment that their own in-house election return research squad announced that ohio and thus the presidency would be awarded to barack obama, i...
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eric, president obama did an interview with david letterman. i want you to listen to his reaction to governor romney's comments. >> i don't know what he was referring to, but i can tell you this. when i won in 2008, 47% of the american people voted for john mccain. they didn't vote for me. and what i said on election night was, even though you didn't votfor me, i hear your voices and i'm going to work as hard as i can to be your president. and one of the things i've learned at president is you represent the entire country. and when i meet republicans, as i'm traveling around the country, they are hard-working, family people, who care deeply about this country, and my expectation is that if you want to be president, you've got to work for everybody. not just for some. >> so i think the implication here, if i get it right, is that romney is alienating republican voters. do you think that's so? >> no, i don't think so. look, i get there's some angst in washington today from conservatives, and i'm not exactly someone the romney camp adores, but i a
eric, president obama did an interview with david letterman. i want you to listen to his reaction to governor romney's comments. >> i don't know what he was referring to, but i can tell you this. when i won in 2008, 47% of the american people voted for john mccain. they didn't vote for me. and what i said on election night was, even though you didn't votfor me, i hear your voices and i'm going to work as hard as i can to be your president. and one of the things i've learned at president...
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let's go. >>> so what might the obama-romney presidential contest still have in store for us? jack cafferty's following that in the cafferty file. >> wolf, if it's october and presidential election year, then it's about time if a so-called october surprise. which means any late-breaking event that can suddenly change the outcome of the race, for example 12 days before the 1972 presidential election henry kissen jer made a major announcement about the vietnam war saying "we believe peace is at hand." this likely helped the incumbent richard nixon go onto win every state except massachusetts. the most famous october surprise was one that never happened. in 1980 republicans were worried then-president jimmy carter would be boosted in his re-election bid by either a rescue or release of the american hostages in iran. that didn't happen. and ronald reagan won that election in a landslide. more recently osama bin laden released a video four days before the 2004 election, remember? that reminder of the 9/11 attacks probably helped george w. bush win a second term. 2008 the financial
let's go. >>> so what might the obama-romney presidential contest still have in store for us? jack cafferty's following that in the cafferty file. >> wolf, if it's october and presidential election year, then it's about time if a so-called october surprise. which means any late-breaking event that can suddenly change the outcome of the race, for example 12 days before the 1972 presidential election henry kissen jer made a major announcement about the vietnam war saying "we...
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obama was playing up. former presidential candidate, tim pawlenty, and louisiana governor, bobby jindal, are on their own bus tour shadowing the president. >> his presidency has been a losing hand for ohio and for america. >> we know that we are not better off than we were four years ago. >> reporter: the president says the republicans don't have real solutions and that a full recovery will take time. the president will make a total of six scheduled stops in two key battleground states following a final event in parma, near cleveland, he'll visit pennsylvania on friday. now, in addition to those romney surrogates, we noticed something else this morning at that first stop before the president arrived, there was a small plane towing a large banner around the venue there. and on that banner it said "romney 2012." wolf, one other matter, the china filing by the administration, this complaint, at the briefing or at the gaggle on air force one this morning, reporters peppered jay carney, white house spokesman, q
obama was playing up. former presidential candidate, tim pawlenty, and louisiana governor, bobby jindal, are on their own bus tour shadowing the president. >> his presidency has been a losing hand for ohio and for america. >> we know that we are not better off than we were four years ago. >> reporter: the president says the republicans don't have real solutions and that a full recovery will take time. the president will make a total of six scheduled stops in two key...
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and domestic policy director for obama 2008 campaign. we will get to the romney aide's comments in moment. i want to talk about great reporting from peter. is this a good way to roll out a vice presidential pick, a swing through key battleground states? the contest will be determined in those states, somewhere between 9 and 11, down to 6, those are the epicenter of swing states, whoever wins those will win the election. of course it makes sense. i think it is a brilliant way to unfold it. >> talk about the timing. the timing here, people wonder would he announce before he left for the olympics, not obviously while he was away. obviously this is a clutch time. has to announce before the convention. >> i think the romney campaign has actually been saying for a long time, we are just about to do it. it is a traditional approach. they layout to the vice presidential candidate is, campaign, and go into the convention. after all of the cry about doing it early, turns out they'll do it at the same time everyone else has done it. >> we could spe
and domestic policy director for obama 2008 campaign. we will get to the romney aide's comments in moment. i want to talk about great reporting from peter. is this a good way to roll out a vice presidential pick, a swing through key battleground states? the contest will be determined in those states, somewhere between 9 and 11, down to 6, those are the epicenter of swing states, whoever wins those will win the election. of course it makes sense. i think it is a brilliant way to unfold it....
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this is the third and final presidential debate pitting mitt romney against president obama. we've just received these pictures of romney walking through the debate site in boca raton, florida. tonight's focus, foreign policy. and for both men, the stakes could hardly be higher. the tight race has gotten even tighter and tonight's contest could give either candidate the chance to pull ahead in these final critical days of this campaign. cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta is in boca rattan getting ready for the debate. what's the latest there? >> reporter: wolf, here in the debate spin room, democratic and republican operatives are predicting another feisty debate between president obama and mitt romney. a top romney campaign strategist tells cnn they are expecting another aggressive performance from the president. for mitt romney, debate night may be shaping up to be another fight night with president obama. while both men will be seated at a round table, a setting engineered for a more subdued discussion on foreign policy, the candidates will be sitting near o
this is the third and final presidential debate pitting mitt romney against president obama. we've just received these pictures of romney walking through the debate site in boca raton, florida. tonight's focus, foreign policy. and for both men, the stakes could hardly be higher. the tight race has gotten even tighter and tonight's contest could give either candidate the chance to pull ahead in these final critical days of this campaign. cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta is in...
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an attack ad from the obama campaign. let's play both of them and then we will all discuss. ♪ oh beautiful for spacious skies ♪ ♪ for amber waves of grain ♪ for purple mountains majettety ♪ ♪ above the fruited plains ♪ i'm so in love with you >> you get the point. he's got a good -- i think on the "american idol" scale, the president's got a better voice than romney, but what do you think about these two dueling singing ads? >> you know, i think what's actually odd about it is that i don't actually understand the connection between the president's singing and the actual substance of the ad. >> i'm so in love with you and showing all of his big fat cat contributor who have been receiving benefits from him since he took office. >> i know the song, but it doesn't like make that big a connection. whereas the romney ad i understood. these i think it's a little bit much to be mocking so much on both levels at this point. but i would say that at least the romney ad you can sort of -- the add attacking mitt romney,
an attack ad from the obama campaign. let's play both of them and then we will all discuss. ♪ oh beautiful for spacious skies ♪ ♪ for amber waves of grain ♪ for purple mountains majettety ♪ ♪ above the fruited plains ♪ i'm so in love with you >> you get the point. he's got a good -- i think on the "american idol" scale, the president's got a better voice than romney, but what do you think about these two dueling singing ads? >> you know, i think what's...
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the republican vice presidential nominee paul ryan says that flies in the face of the facts. listen to what ryan told cnn's piers morgan. >> you have to give president obama a bit of time just to get things back on track. their argument is look, once we got things back on track, we've had well over 20 months of consecutive job growth. the stock market is beginning to soar again, et cetera, et cetera. you heard the argument. how much of a pass do you give them given you, yourselves believe what happened at the end of president bush's tenure was pretty catastrophic? >> as i mentioned, you have to give president obama the fact that he inherited a very difficult situation. but piers, i think he made things worse. look, usually when we have a deep recession in america, we come bounding out of it with fast economic growth and quick job creation. did it after the '81, '82 with ronald reagan. after the tough '70s recession we had. we are limping out of the recession. economic growth is stagnant, job creation stagnant. labor work force participation rate is stagnant. the unemployment
the republican vice presidential nominee paul ryan says that flies in the face of the facts. listen to what ryan told cnn's piers morgan. >> you have to give president obama a bit of time just to get things back on track. their argument is look, once we got things back on track, we've had well over 20 months of consecutive job growth. the stock market is beginning to soar again, et cetera, et cetera. you heard the argument. how much of a pass do you give them given you, yourselves believe...
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he'd be a good alternative to president obama. he criticized the president's policy on immigration calling his decision to stop deporting many young illegal immigrants temporary. but the republican presidential candidate offered few specifics about what he'd do. the immigration issue certainly now front and center for the white house contenders and for a possible romney running mate. and joining us now from capitol hill, the junior senator from the state of florida, marco rubio. he's the author of a brand new book simply entitled "an american son." there it is. you see it on the screen. senator rubio, thanks for coming in. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> i want to get to the book in a few moments. let's talk a little bit about immigration right now. the search for latino support out there. i assume you heard mitt romney's address before elected latino officials earlier in the day. to me at least it seemed sort of different. the tone at least compared to what he was saying during the primary. did you hear that? >> well,
he'd be a good alternative to president obama. he criticized the president's policy on immigration calling his decision to stop deporting many young illegal immigrants temporary. but the republican presidential candidate offered few specifics about what he'd do. the immigration issue certainly now front and center for the white house contenders and for a possible romney running mate. and joining us now from capitol hill, the junior senator from the state of florida, marco rubio. he's the author...
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barack obama went through this when he did his tour in july of 2008, actually. and foreign policy, mitt romney is really behind president obama in all the polls. it's a way going to israel in particular is a way to contrast with president obama, who has not been to israel since he took the oath of office. and mitt romney's also clearly interested in pointing out that he's a better friend to israel, that he would be tougher on syria. that he would be tougher on iran. and i believe he'll probably get a better reception in israel than he had in london. >> so this is always kind of -- this is a little tricky for candidates, as mitt romney said, they didn't want him over there criticizing the president, yet he has to sort of show differences here. did an interview with an israeli newspaper. how did he couch those? >> very carefully. he sort of backed into his criticism of president obama because he would not -- he said, you know, i'm abroad and i don't want to criticize the president while i'm abroad. but here's what he said. i'm afraid of any discussion of settlemen
barack obama went through this when he did his tour in july of 2008, actually. and foreign policy, mitt romney is really behind president obama in all the polls. it's a way going to israel in particular is a way to contrast with president obama, who has not been to israel since he took the oath of office. and mitt romney's also clearly interested in pointing out that he's a better friend to israel, that he would be tougher on syria. that he would be tougher on iran. and i believe he'll probably...
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." >>> just 13 days until the presidential election and the obama and romney campaigns, they are kicking into overdrive as the candidates make their final push to win the white house. cnn correspondents are following their every move. they're reporting from coast to coast and from all the most crucial states, any one of which has the potential to decide who the next president of the united states will be. let's begin this hour's coverage in iowa where president obama kicked off a two-day coast-to-coast swing through eight states. he's calling it a campaign marathon extravaganza. likening it to an all-nighter. no surprise his itinerary consistents almost entirely of battleground states. cnn's chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is traveling with the president. >> reporter: wolf, president obama is hopping around the nation stumping for early votes and undecided voters. it's the kind of whirlwind tour you usually see in the last 48 hours before election day. the fact they're doing it 13 days before the ballots are cast is a sign just how important the early vote is to this campa
." >>> just 13 days until the presidential election and the obama and romney campaigns, they are kicking into overdrive as the candidates make their final push to win the white house. cnn correspondents are following their every move. they're reporting from coast to coast and from all the most crucial states, any one of which has the potential to decide who the next president of the united states will be. let's begin this hour's coverage in iowa where president obama kicked off a...
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: wisconsin has not voted republican in a presidential race since ronald reagan about three decades ago, but thanks to the recall gop officials built an infrastructure in wisconsin bigger than ever before. 25 offices like this are now open with 4 million republican voters identified. >> typically we would not get up and running in opening offices into march or april. all of these offices have been open in november or december, so we have a five or six-month jump over what we would ordinarily have. >> and right now mitt romney is not even close to having the passion walker has. >> take a look at this. the gop governor won by 53% and the exit polls show wisconsin voters favor president obama over mitt romney. why the contradiction? >> at katie's diner we found some answers. >> wisconsin has a lot of independent voters. >> reporter: you're one of them? >> yes. yes. >> reporter: so-called ticket splitters everywhere. >> i voted for barrett. >> reporter: and who do you plan to vote for in november for president? >> i balloon voting for romney for a purple state. i'm an independent voter. >>
: wisconsin has not voted republican in a presidential race since ronald reagan about three decades ago, but thanks to the recall gop officials built an infrastructure in wisconsin bigger than ever before. 25 offices like this are now open with 4 million republican voters identified. >> typically we would not get up and running in opening offices into march or april. all of these offices have been open in november or december, so we have a five or six-month jump over what we would...
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-cuba prisoner swap. >>> and how two top obama administration officials supposedly stood chest to chest like a schoolyard fight. a new book tells of tensions in a white caught up in a war against terrorism. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> early hours away from a critical vote in wisconsin, an extraordinary i attempt to develop scott walker. the recall was -- stripping most public unions of collective bargaining rights. this war for wisconsin pits unions against tea party loyalists and it's attracted millions of and millions of dollars in outside money. it's also seen as a dress rehearsal for the presidential vote. let's go to the scene. madison's ted rollins is at the scene. >> reporter: you can -- a lot of an tigs pace when the vote takes place. voters have been inundated months, 16 months of eeds and money being spent in their states and the core of this is about unions. we talked to two teachers who are on opposite sides of this vicious battle. michelle and john are teachers in madison. craig is a teacher in milwaukee. they are opposite sides of the political sh
-cuba prisoner swap. >>> and how two top obama administration officials supposedly stood chest to chest like a schoolyard fight. a new book tells of tensions in a white caught up in a war against terrorism. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> early hours away from a critical vote in wisconsin, an extraordinary i attempt to develop scott walker. the recall was -- stripping most public unions of collective bargaining rights. this war for wisconsin...
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and final presidential debate. let's go to nevada right now. six electoral votes are at stake there. in 2008 they went to president obama. while he holds a two-point lead in a recent poll in that state, he's statistically tied with mitt romney in nevada right now. our national political correspondent jim acosta's on the scene for us with the romney campaign. what's going on on this day after the last debate? >> reporter: well, wolf, you might be able to notice behind me that paul ryan is on stage. he's getting ready to introduce the man at the top of the ticket, mitt romney. the romney campaign believes that the gop nominee achieved his objective at last night's debate by not going after all of the president's lines of attack in that final showdown there in boca raton, florida. wolf, the debates are over. and the real race is now on. >> hello, florida. >> reporter: bang, the final presidential debate was the starting pistol for a two-week sprint to the finish line as president obama fought to hold onto florida, mit
and final presidential debate. let's go to nevada right now. six electoral votes are at stake there. in 2008 they went to president obama. while he holds a two-point lead in a recent poll in that state, he's statistically tied with mitt romney in nevada right now. our national political correspondent jim acosta's on the scene for us with the romney campaign. what's going on on this day after the last debate? >> reporter: well, wolf, you might be able to notice behind me that paul ryan is...
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a very, very sensitive time to be out there on the presidential campaign trail. how can president obama and mitt romney keep up the attacks after such a huge national tragedy? we're going to discuss that. >>> a historic punishment for penn state university. what it could mean for college sports. you can use opentable to make restaurant reservations. during the golden opportunity sales event, get great values on some of our newest models. this is the pursuit of perfection. [romney singing]: oh onbeautiful, for spaciousels. skies, i'm barack obama and i approve this message. for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood... >>> lots of important developments happening today in the aurora shooting incident. we finally saw james holmes. he makes his appearance in court. we also just heard a statement, an attorney representing arlene holmes, his mother in san diego, just heard a statement refuting the initial interpretation of what abc news was report
a very, very sensitive time to be out there on the presidential campaign trail. how can president obama and mitt romney keep up the attacks after such a huge national tragedy? we're going to discuss that. >>> a historic punishment for penn state university. what it could mean for college sports. you can use opentable to make restaurant reservations. during the golden opportunity sales event, get great values on some of our newest models. this is the pursuit of perfection. [romney...
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obama people said african-american turnout will come back and it did. latino would come back, and it did. this is what you end up with. all of the states i turned blue were states at one point or another the romney campaign felt comfortable and a few felt very comfortable about. president obama outhustled them and ran the board. the luxury of no primary, all that spending on turnout. but look, they were smart. they identified their voters. who would vote for us on election day and where the with weak links? get them to vote early. >> florida right now, do we have the actual vote in florida. >> we do. >> let's look and see where it is. >> it's shaded blue because the actual votes -- >> right now 97% of the vote has been counted. the president's ahead 50% to 49%. he's got about a 50,000 vote lead so far. >> yes. >> which may or may not be off you say based on the counties that you're looking at? >> they're counting absentee ballots. miami-dade out, broward county up at 100. you can find a couple counties, i would have to touch them all -- >> basically we'
obama people said african-american turnout will come back and it did. latino would come back, and it did. this is what you end up with. all of the states i turned blue were states at one point or another the romney campaign felt comfortable and a few felt very comfortable about. president obama outhustled them and ran the board. the luxury of no primary, all that spending on turnout. but look, they were smart. they identified their voters. who would vote for us on election day and where the...